With the advent of winter premieres, the start of the premium cable network shows, and with February sweeps around the corner, it’s time to revisit my thoughts from the beginning of the season and look ahead at what’s to come for Sunday nights.

7:00

Once Upon A Time – The fairy tale show is back for season 4, after an uptick in quality during the past season.  With little else in competition, I see no reason not to continue turning in.

The first half of the season was a shameless attempt at cashing in on the Frozen phenomenon.  We shall see what the producers have up their sleeve for the spring.

7:30

Brooklyn Nine-Nine – FOX has moved its breakout comedy hit from Tuesday nights, where it was ill-matched with New Girl and The Mindy Project.  Now it will compete along side more like minded, if animated, comedies.

The show still has a tendency to treat Andy Samberg’s character as too much of a simpleton to be taken seriously as a successful detective, but, beyond that, it is still bringing the funny.

8:00

Resurrection – ABC’s tale of what happens when the dead start to return, as though nothing had happened, became the surprise hit of the spring.  The mystery of why seems to be a big part of the show, so I imagine they will need to tackle that sooner rather than later, and I can’t imagine how they can come up with something reasonable.

The show is burning through its cast of characters, and hasn’t really addressed much of the mythology behind the how and why the dead have returned.  I still think they will need to do so soon.

The Good Wife – More like the Great Wife, if you catch my drift.  Rarely do you see a show hit a creative high point in season 5, but that is exactly what The Good Wife did last season.  The status quo was upset once again in the season finale, so it will be interesting to see things play out once again.

Interesting point about the show: Julianna Margulies and Archie Panjabi have not shared a scene together since episode 14 of season 4, which aired on February 17, 2013.

The Newsroom – HBO’s and Aaron Sorkin’s take on 24 hour cable news returns for a third and final season, dealing with the fallout of last season’s faked story storyline.

The show, and possibly Aaron Sorkin’s television career, wrapped up in December after a final season dealing with a fake Edward Snowden and the real Edward Snowden.

Homeland – The fourth season gives the show a fresh start, with Brody finally dead.  Time will tell if they are able to pull out of the talespin that overextending the Brody story put them in to.

When dealing with CIA spy stuff in Islamabad, the show was as good as its ever been.  When dealing with Carrie’s personal life, opinions diverged.

The Walking Dead – Zombies return in mid-October, with the gang stuck in the train car at Terminus, about to (possibly) be eaten.

Well, the Terminus storyline got wrapped up pretty quickly, before the gang moved on to find other evil groups of humans.

9:00

Revenge – A time jump awaits at the start of season 4.  I don’t know how much more I have to give for this show.  The return of David Clarke, whose death was really the lynchpin of the plot, could either be a breath of fresh air or the end of the show.

Rumor has it that this will be the last season of the show, which would seem about right.  At this point, the number of people who don’t know that Emily is really David’s daughter has been greatly reduced, which removes a lot of the dramatic tension.

The Affair – A new entry from Showtime that features Joshua Jackson in his first role since Fringe went off the air.  I’m not too entirely sure what it is about, beyond the titular affair, but I’ll give Pacey a shot.

The first season wrapped up in December, with another one on the way next fall.  The title affair seems to be giving way to a murder mystery, which would seem to be the focus of the next season.

So that’s where the shows I planned to watch in the fall stand. Let’s take a look at new shows starting this spring.

Girls – When Lena Dunham and “friends” returned earlier this month, I once again wondered if viewers are supposed to actually like any of the characters on this show.

Shameless – The Gallagher clan returned to Showtime’s Sunday night lineup earlier this month, bringing thoughts of summer in Chicago with them.

Episodes – Another season of Matt LeBlanc, and Pucks!, comes to our screens.

House of Lies –  A weekly dose of Kristen Bell helps to keep this show on my must-watch list.